➖ Introduction to Unicat Catalyst Technologies

➖ Recent Developments and Technical Achievements

in Purification and Gas-Phase Applications

➖ CO2 Converting Challenges

➖ CO2 conversions to CH4 (NG); CH3OH (MEOH);

Fuels (synthetic gasoline/gasoil)

➖ ‘Green’ MeOH Energy Balancer / Optimization of

Resources

➖ Gas Cleaning Part : Challenges and Recent

Achievements

Privately owned company since 1999

Head-office in Houston, USA - European subsidiary in Netherlands -

Offices in Dalian (China), Aruba, Jubail – Dedicated Agents in Russia and

Asia

Producer of Catalyst & Catalyst Absorbents Products in different application

fields

Innovative & Technology driven culture

JV Partnership with Vanguard Catalyst in 2016

Active in Bio-Gas applications and Waste-Gas treatments (purification)

since 2009

Breakthrough in CO2 converting - CH4 & MeOH Production catalysts in 2014

CO2 Conversion Systems : Design finalization & Industrial Scoping / System

Partnerships in 2016-2017

Syn Gas

H2 Production (SMR)

Methanation

MeOH Production

NH3 Synthesis

Dry Reforming

Purification

Sulphur(s) Removal

Halogens Removal

Hg Removal

Nitrogen compounds

Particle Filtration –AFS

Metal(s) removal

Other Contaminants

Chemical applications

Selective Hydrogenation

Production SulphuricAcid

SPA polymerization

Bender Processing

Toll Manufacturing

Bio – Applications

Purification Biogas/ Waste Gas

CO2 to CH4

CO2 to CH3OH

(CO2 to fuels)

Development of Optimized (deep) Filtration System for Particulates – AFS series

(particles ranging 2000 – 5 microns)

Unique catalyst technologies for Cold (Ambient) Temperature Sulphur Removal

(H2S, RSH, RSSR, CS2, COS,..) & Halogen Removal – TSR/CR series

Syn-Gas : New Reformer Shaped Catalyst, Dry Reforming Midrex, Next Generation

Pre-Reforming Catalyst, Next generation Methanation & MeOH production catalyst

series

Development of High Conversion Catalyst System for Methanation of CO2 (co-

operation research with DTU Denmark)

Development of High Conversion catalyst system for Methanol production out of

rich CO2 based off-gas/biogas streams (co-operation with DTU Denmark)

BEST PERFORMING & OPTIMIZED FILTRATION & GRADING

SYSTEM

AFS-G6 Series AFS-Series

• Filtration of Particles, ranging : 1 – 2.000 microns

• Proven System > 200 reference installations

• Licensed In-House Developed Technology

• Highest Void and Controlled Filtration Activity & Pattern

In operation since 2015

2 x Fixed Bed Purification Vessels

installed

Multi-Bed Configuration in each vessel –

3-layer catalyst approach

Impurities : Sulphurs, AsH3, metal-

carbonyls, .. (1-3 ppmwt range)

Outlet Specification : non-detectable

(ppb range)

Unicat Products Loaded:

• SR-11OCX – proprietary high SA sulfur trap

• AR-207HC – AsH3 guard, advanced Cu-Techn

• META-Trap – removal of metal-carbonyls

Volume(m3)

Freespace

BedSupportMedia

META-TRAP 5.5

SR-110CX 5.5

AR-207HC 14.0

Bedsupportmedia 150

CO2

Emissions will have to decline by more than five

per cent a year to give the world a 50/50 chance

of keeping temperature rises below the 2°C

threshold. Historic and future carbon dioxide

emissions must remain below a total of 3,200

billion tonnes to make it likely temperature rises

do not exceed 2°C. (Professor C. Le Quere Global Carbon Project)

CO2 is supposed to convert to CO on the catalytic surface as one of the expected

catalytic reactions taking place in optimized conversion reactors

Most failures, trying to achieve high conversion rates at ‘standard’ operational

conditions, often were caused by uncontrolled side-reactions inhibiting the active

structures resulting in lower conversions towards CH4 and MeOH.

Unicat & DTU had a first break-through of CO2 conversion to

CH4 in 2014, providing extremely high conversion rates under

normal/standard reaction conditions in one reaction step.

(> 90% conversion)

In 2015 the first stable convertor (lab/container kit scale) was

developed for CO2 conversion towards MeOH – conversion rates

> 90% in one reaction step were realized (incl recycling modus)

In 2016 partnerships were concluded : H2 production by

Electrolysis, CO2/CO rich Off gas conversion to Fuels and NGCC

Gas Cleaning systems.

Purification Technology

NGCC

Catalytic conversion

NGCC - Unicat

Drying

WindTurbine Electric Power

(Siemens)

Electrolysis Plate technology

EfuelPro

Biogas CH4 + CO2

Fermentation

Off Gases CO2 +

H2O

Wide variety of Possible End-Products

Natural Gas Methanol

Fuel (Diesel & Gasoline) Building blocks Petrochemical

H2O

Catalytic conversion Greyrock

Unicat

Catalytic

conversion

to Fuels

Catalytic

conversion to

CH4 or CH3OH

CO2 + 4H2 = CH4 + 2H2O

The Sabatier Reaction

(−165.0 kJ/mol)

Presented to Industry and Press Denmark in 2016

Reaktortemperatur: 280˚C, Biogas-flow: 720 l/t

24-timers test d. 1. & 2. december

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1 Nm3/h proof of concept – Tested and Running extremely stable for period (Off/On) for

1,5 years now with Unicat Catalyst MC-790 series

Cleaning of tested Biogas from H2S levels 3 - 4.000 ppmwt to below 30 ppb

NO WASTE.

The process takes place in ONE STEP

Latest achievement (2017) : CH4-conversion up to 98% and CO2-concentration below 1%.

Quality CH4 allows for direct delivery to any Natural Gas Grid/Pipeline

Some Plots of Test Rig Container

Hovedreaktioner:

CO2 + 3 H2 = CH3OH + H2O

CO + H2O = CO2 + H2

Katalysator: Unicat B-94 series

Reaction(s)

Catalyst :

(Water-Gas shift reaction)

(+ 41 kJ/mol)

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First generation design and tests:

18% conversion of CO2 v. 47 barg, single reactor, 1:5 / CO2:H2

Second generation design and testing:

12% conversion of CO2 v. 80 barg, single reactor, 1:3 / CO2:H2

20% conversion of CO2 v. 80 barg, serially coupled reactors, 1:3 / CO2:H2

Last generation design and testing:

> 93% conversion of CO2 v. 52 barg, single reactor, proprietary CO2:H2

CH4

CH3OH

Partnership Technologies

Commercial Available Systems

Fuel Production – High value Gasoline and

Gasoil – Premium Liquid Fuels

Commercially available system units in different sizing (100-25.000 Nm3/h)

*Direct Fuel Production™ platform enables value creation by

transforming flare gas, bio-gas, natural gas or natural gas

liquids into Premium Diesel Fuel (+ partly High End

Gasoline), which can be easily commercialized and

transported to market.

* Produced fuels are premium products that features high

cetane, no sulfur and good lubricity, not comparable to bio-

diesel, but are true hydrocarbon diesel fuels that directly

replace petroleum-based fuels. Unlike products coming

from Fischer-Tropsch based technologies, the produced

diesel fuels do not require further refining and upgrading.

* When blended with petroleum based fuels, the Green Fuels

will reduce engine emissions including nitrogen oxide,

carbon monoxide, and particulate matter emissions.

MegaFuel & MegaStore are trademarks

Dry reforming: CH4 + CO2 = 2 CO + 2 H2

Steam reforming:

CH4 + H2O = CO + 3 H2

Bio

-refo

rmin

g:

Overall reaction: 2 CH4 + H2O + CO2 = 3 CO + 5 H2

Combination Unit

Design : BI -REFORMING

Unicat Catalyst has commercial catalyst systems available for both

Side reaction system – WaterGas shift CO + H2O ⇌ CO2 + H2

NO PROPER

GAS

CLEANING

NO PROPER

CO2

CONVERSION=

Villadsen-Moeller

Developed by Prof. Per Moeller

Patent Pending System

Commercialized by the company NGCC

Thoroughly tested on lab scale

First Electro-Catalytic Based System in the World

Total Cleaning Concept – ONE STEP

Easy to Use, Reliable Stable System

Unseen Economical & Technical Evaluations

compared with Existing Technologies

TOTAL CLEANING - HIGH RANGE 1.000’S PPM

CLEANING UP TO PPB RANGE IN ONE STEP

RECUPERATION OF CONTAMINANTS (Sulfur) IN PURE

FORMS

FULL Cleaning of contaminant components,

including:

• Sulphurs (H2S, RSH, RSSH, Thiophenic, CS2, …)

• Halogens

• Alcohols

• Nitrogen Components (NH3, HCN, ACN, ...)

• Hg and bounded Hg

• ...

Cleaning till from High PPM levels in one-reactor step

approach towards ppb levels

Cleaning of highly polluted gas streams, like Biogas, Off

gasses, .. holding up to 4.000 ppmwt sulfur and more

Easy operating, economical effective system

Sulfur Species are transformed all the way up to

Elemental Sulphur

This product can get collected, has a market value

and can get re-used for other applications

Green Fuels (ex CO2-..) are the Future of the Worlds Clean Energy needs.

Unicat Catalyst Technologies can offer a full portfolio of products and

systems for Cleaning & Conversion of Bio- and other CO2 containing off Gas

streams.

Related to CO2 Conversion the following Technologies are developed

/joined approach with Technology Partners:

• CO2 conversion to Methane gas CH4 - (ready for industrial size scale

up phase)

• CO2 conversion to Methanol (CH3OH) – (ready for second phase larger

test installation – first scale up phase)

• CO2 to Fuels (Gasoline/Gasoil) – (commercially available units CO2 / CO

rich gas source)

• Most effective Gas Cleaning systems– (ready for industrial size scale up

phase)

• Electrolysis systems for production of H2 - (commercially available)